It takes more than a calorie of fossil fuel energy to produce a calorie of food. From the standpoint of industrial efficiency, it's too bad we can't simply drink the petroleum directly, because there's a lot less energy in a bushel of corn (measured in calories) than there is in the half gallon or so of oil required to produce it. Ecologically this is a fabulously expensive way to produce food.
—from The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, a book by Michael Pollan
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14511. | Vishal (v_pandit) | 83.37 | 96% | 2011-10-04 |
| 14512. | Pat (drmrprofpatric) | 83.36 | 97% | 2025-02-09 |
| 14513. | EugeneYJ (eugene_yj) | 83.36 | 96.9% | 2024-10-17 |
| 14514. | MisterBottom (mister_bottom) | 83.36 | 99% | 2024-05-04 |
| 14515. | zfrostyt (zfrostyt) | 83.36 | 96% | 2024-07-20 |
| 14516. | Volker (volkr16) | 83.36 | 96% | 2012-10-31 |
| 14517. | Black (mommymania) | 83.36 | 97% | 2022-07-10 |
| 14518. | Vivek (vivekvc) | 83.36 | 96% | 2023-06-13 |
| 14519. | Ravi Nautiyal (ravi_nautiyal) | 83.36 | 97.5% | 2023-12-22 |
| 14520. | Hafiz (huseynoff) | 83.36 | 97.7% | 2024-07-04 |
| 14521. | rubex01 (rubex01) | 83.36 | 97% | 2021-03-24 |
| 14522. | Jane (slalomwondergirl) | 83.36 | 97% | 2013-09-12 |
| 14523. | Paul (soonersfan6) | 83.36 | 98% | 2018-12-13 |
| 14524. | Onion (onion_xx) | 83.35 | 97% | 2022-05-08 |
| 14525. | kkek (kkms2) | 83.35 | 97% | 2018-08-04 |
| 14526. | avi (dude571) | 83.35 | 99% | 2014-04-09 |
| 14527. | Jad (jadmoushi) | 83.34 | 97% | 2023-12-26 |
| 14528. | Danvenrit (danvenrit) | 83.34 | 97% | 2024-04-22 |
| 14529. | pavan kumar (pavan2406) | 83.34 | 96.7% | 2024-12-30 |
| 14530. | Michael (michaelhau) | 83.34 | 96% | 2020-06-22 |
| 14531. | Bailey (bbrusca98) | 83.33 | 96% | 2022-02-21 |
| 14532. | Weiszy (weisz) | 83.33 | 90% | 2017-03-18 |
| 14533. | Chordata (chordata) | 83.33 | 97% | 2012-03-23 |
| 14534. | Will (wrafi92) | 83.32 | 96.6% | 2024-11-13 |
| 14535. | T4Forfun (t4forfun) | 83.32 | 97% | 2024-01-15 |
| 14536. | Aldar Kose (hkoldas) | 83.32 | 95% | 2024-02-09 |
| 14537. | ks (sempiedram) | 83.32 | 98.3% | 2025-04-30 |
| 14538. | ⊂( ▀ ͜͞ʖ▀)つ (sch... | 83.32 | 98% | 2020-06-02 |
| 14539. | Andrew (kirbyslayer) | 83.32 | 95% | 2012-06-23 |
| 14540. | Cas (discostone) | 83.31 | 97% | 2024-04-17 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
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| Default (English) | 101,604 | 78.55 | June 9, 2010 |
| Long Texts | 153 | 84.32 | December 30, 2016 |
| Instant Death Mode | 49 | 84.87 | July 2, 2010 |
| Smoke Rise Prep | 12 | 71.91 | January 1, 2024 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 75.56 | January 9, 2021 |
| Walsh Middle School | 1 | 81.61 | November 28, 2011 |